Prototype Elementary School

Class project for ARCH 497A: BIM Studio

Description of Project

"Studio based course utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the design of building projects with interdisciplinary teams”

Project Overview

Teams were given a basic model of an elementary school located in Pennsylvania. Along with basic background information and criteria about the building, a general Revit model was also given to each team. Each team of six consists of an Architecture Student, Landscape Architecture Student, and a student from each option of Architectural Engineering including Structural, Mechanical, Lighting/Electrical, and Construction Management. Teams were given the option of implementing BIM and IPD to develope the architecture of the given general model layout, or use BIM and IPD to develop a new building architecture. Teams were given the true site location for the building for existing conditions analysis, but this information was kept anonymous to others.


Team Members


  • Team 1 (ONE) - Craig Casey, Peter Clarke, Travis Flohr, Justin Miller, Azadeh Rabbani Rankouhi, Jonathan Torch
  • Team 2 (BIM²) - Andres Perez, Dan Cox, Dylan Salmons, Kaustav Gupta, Nicole Dubowski, Nick Umosella
  • Team 3 (IDeA) - Auston Aronsson, Rohan Haksar, Casey Leman, Pavel Likhonin, Stephen Perkins, Matthew Smiddy

Products Developed






References

  • Revit Architecture 2009
  • Revit MEP 2009
  • Revit Structure 2009
  • Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2009
  • Autodesk AutoCAD 2009
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007
  • R.S. Means Cost Data]
  • RAM Structural System
  • IES <VE> and Radiance
  • Microsoft Office Project 2007
  • Primavera Project Planner

Acknowledgments


Robert J. Holland, Coordinating Instructor
Associate Professor of Architecture and Architectural Engineering

Dr. John Messner
Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, CM Option

Madis Philak
Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Dr. Ute Poerschke
Associate Professor of Architecture

Ralph Kreider
Teaching Assistant